Vaporizer.



No. 788,345. PATENTBD APR. 25, 1905.

G. BEAUMUNT.

VAPORIZBR.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 3. 1904.

Munun UNITED STATES Patented April 25, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

GODFREY BEAUMONT, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,345, dated April25, 1905.

Application filed October 3, 1904. Serial 110.227,053.

T0 all whom, it -mcty concern:

Be it known that I, GODFREY BEAUMONT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dallas,

in the county of Dallas and State of Texas,'

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vaporizers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of Ithe invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in medical apparatus, andparticularly to that class of improvements set forth in my LettersPatent No. 741,996, issued October 20, 1903, of which this applicationis an improvement.

The object of the present invention is the provision of means forproducing medicinal vapor under pressure and atany desired temperature.

Another object of the invention is to improve the construction of asimple'and durable apparatus which comprises a minimum number of parts,such parts being so assembled as to produce an inexpensive and efcientconstruction.

With these and other object in view the invention consists in certainnovel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and more particularly pointed out in the claims hereto ap pended. y

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an apparatusconstructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is avertical central sectional View of the -apparatus depicted in Fig..1with the cannula removed therefrom. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectionalview of the apparatus at right angles to the section in which Fig. 2 istaken of the medicine-containing compartment. Fig.

4 is a fragmentary sectional view of the apparatus, showing the baseportion of the pump and the means wherebythe same is secured to thecompressed-air reservoir.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 designates acompressed-air tank or reservoir forming the base of the apparathecylindrical casing of the pump.

tus and to which is secured a pump 2. Secured above the compressed-airtank 1 is a medicine-casing 3, which is carried upon the tankin parallelposition with a cylindrical casing 4, Within which is removablypositioned a lamp 5 of ordinary construction.

While the compressed-air tank or reservoir is preferably cylindrical inconstruction, it will be' obvious that other modilications may beresorted to within the scope of the present invention. The pressure inthe compressedair tank 1 is designed to be retained at any suitableheight by means of the pump. The pump 2 is provided with a support orbase which comprises a base member 6, which is secured to thecompressed-air tank 1, and rising from said base member v6r is avertical standard 7, which is enlarged at 8 and is secured to the baseof the cylindrical casing of the pump. Secured the spherical enlargement8 of the standard 7 and connected with the compressed-air tank 1 is ahorizontal tubing 9. A connecting member 10 is secured in parallelposition to tubing 9, to the pump 2, .and tank 1. A right-angledair-passage 11 is formedv in the standard 7 and tubing 9, as is shown bybroken lines, Fig. 4.V A plunger 12, which is provided with a handle 13,is removably secured by ordinary means within pressed air is forced fromthe pump 2 into the tank 1 through the air-passage 11.

The auxiliary casing 4, which is secured above the compressed-air tank1, is provided with a removable cover 14. The cover 14 is provided witha central opening 15, through which thewick and neck portion of lamp 5extend when the lampv is positioned within the auxiliary casing and thecover is placed thereon. For the purpose of extinguishing the Wick whenthe same is ignited a removable cap 16, preferably formed of glass oranalogous material, is positioned upon the cover 14.

An integral tubular extensionl, is formed at a right angle upon theupper portion of the compressed-air tank 1, to which is secured themedicine-casing 3, which is preferably constructed cylindrical in shape.A valve to is a tubing 21. The tubing 24 is positioned so as tocommunicate with the air-passage 22, formed in casing 3 and extension20, and the passage 20, formed in extension 17. A removable receptacle25 is positioned within the casing 3, said receptacle being provided forthe reception of liquids. An approximately -U-shaped tube 26 isremovably positioned within the Vertical tubing 24 and receptacle 25.The approximately inverted U -shaped member 26 is provided for thepurpose of conducting atmosphere from the reservoir 21 of tank 1 intoand discharging the same near the bottom of the liquid-containing'receptacle 25, so that when medicine is deposited in the receptacle 25and atmosphere is discharged near the bottom of said receptacle it willbe necessary for the atmosphere to pass through the liquids contained inthe receptacle before the same is permitted to pass from the receptacleto the outer atmosphere. rlhe cover or cap 23 is provided with aright-angled passage 27, formed in a spherical extension 28. The passage27 is provided with a screwthreaded surface 29, which is formed for thepurpose of removably retaining a horizontal tubing 30 in an assembledposition with thecover 23. rIhe tubing 30 is adapted to be secured abovethe lamp 5, so that the same may be heated when desired for the purposeof heating the medicated vapors, which are adapted to be passedtherethrough. The tubing 30 is tapered near its outer end for thepurpose of facilitating the positioning of the cannula thereon, which isshown in broken lines, Fig. 1.

The equaliZing-valve 19 is provided forcontrolling the degree or'pressure passing through the tube 30.

In operation the cannula is positioned upon the end of tubing 30, theupper end of the wick, which is positioned in lamp 5, is lighted, thesaid cannula placed to the nostrils or other parts to be treated, andvalve 19 opened to a desired degree, a suitable supply of medicinehaving been previously introduced into thereceptacle 25 and the desiredquantity of compressed air forced into the compartment 21 ofcompressed-air tank 1 by meanso pump 2. When the valve 19 is thusopened,the air within the compartment 21 of tank 1 will rise and passingthrough passages 20 and 22 and tubing 26, thence through the medicinecontained in receptacle 25, thence through the passage .27 of cover 22,passing through tubing 30, which is heated by lamp 5, is discharged outof the cannula'on the end of the tube. The medicated vapors are heated,by means of the lamp, to a desired degree before they are dischargedfrom the cannula.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I'claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a vaporizer, the combination with a base constituting anair-reservoir and means for compressing air therein, of a casing upon`said base, valved means for supporting the casing upon the base and forestablishing communication between it and the base, a detachablereceptacle within the casing, a crooked air-conducting means extendingfrom the valved means to the interior of the receptacle, and anoutlet-tube extending through the casing.

2. In a Vaporizer, the combination with a base constituting anair-reservoir and means for compressing air therein, of a casing uponthe base, valved means for supporting the casing upon the base and forestablishing communication between said casing and base, a detachablereceptacle within the casing, a crookedv air-conducting means extendingfrom the valved means to the interior of the receptacle, an outlet-tubeextending through the casing, and detachable heating means upon the baseand below the tube.

3. In a vaporizer, the combination with a base constituting anair-reservoir, of' a compressing device at one side and communicatingwith the base, a supporting-stand for said compressing device, a casingupon the base, valved means connecting said casing with the reservoirand adapted to establish communication therebetween, a detachablereceptacle within the casing, a detachable crooked airconveyer extendingfrom the valved means into the receptacle, an outlet-tube detachablyconnected to the casing, and adetachable heating device upon the baseand below the tube.

4. In a vaporizer, the combination with a base constituting anair-reservoir and air-compressing means communicating with the base, ofa casing, valved means for supporting the casing upon the base, saidmeans serving to establish communication between the base and casing, aremovable receptacle within the casing, a device Jfor conducting airfrom the valved means to the interior of the receptacle, a heatingdevice upon the base and an outlettube movably mounted upon the casingand adapted to be moved into position above the heating device.

5. In a vaporizer, the combination with a base constituting anair-reservoir and air-compressing means communicating with the base,

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and adapted to be moved into position above the heating device. Io

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

GODFREY BEAUMONT. Vitnesses:

G. G. DREIER, R. L. MCCREIGHT.

